The Blues Collection
The Blues Collection is a series of periodically published compilations on the subject of blues music . The German-language edition consists of a total of 76 CDs , each with a 16-page booklet. The series was distributed by Orbis Publishing GmbH, Hamburg, in collaboration with Atlas Verlag, which belongs to the DeAgostini group of companies .
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This extensive publication in the field of the blues appeared in Great Britain as early as 1993; there, however, with 90 issues plus two issues The Very Best of the Blues and with a different ranking. In Germany, the first edition of the Blues Collection was published on September 7, 1994. Subsequently, there was another edition every fortnight, but the price increased; The first edition cost 3 DM , but the second edition cost 8.80 DM. Each additional issue ultimately cost DM 11.80. The subscription price for thirteen issues was DM 153.40. As an encore, subscribers received the CD The Very Best of the Blues and a folder. Additional folders could be ordered for 13.50 and 18 DM respectively. The Blues Collection was also sold as a cassette collection .
Most CDs are compilations with the help of which an attempt was made to document the life's work of a particular musician or individual sections of it. Some CDs are samplers that introduce a particular style of blues (as in issues 41 Memphis Jug Bands and 73 Blues Women ). Few issues in the series are re-releases of albums (e.g. issue 7 London Sessions ). The special edition The Blues at Christmas, The Very Best of the Blues, on the other hand, is a sampler with 17 recordings by various musicians.
The leaflets in the format 292 × 215 mm were paginated throughout , whereby the cover pages were not counted. The last edition (75) has 28 pages due to an index, so that a total of 912 pages (with cover pages 1212) to book. The special edition The Blues at Christmas, The Very Best of the Blues has 24 pages. The booklets consistently contain information about the life and work of the artists, recommendations for further publications (discography) and information about the recordings. The booklet is supplemented with the heading “The Story of the Blues”, a historical account of the blues. The collection's expert advisor was Tony Russel, a writer and journalist from London.
Complete collections or individual editions of them are now only available at flea markets or online auctions.
The Blues Collection (order of editions)
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Supplementary publications
In 1995 the same publisher published the book The Blues Collection. Performers, music, history with the first twelve issues of the Blues Collection, but without the cover pages, so that the heading “The Story of the Blues” is missing. In 1992 this book appeared as Les Genie du Blues in Editions Atlas.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Blues Collection . On: discogs.com
- ^ The Blues Collection, Issue 1, September 7, 1994, eight-page supplement.